On the Agenda – Week 48, 2015

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27 november 2015 | Why universities are looking for a merger more than ever. What happens when students create their own curriculum. The possibility of our obsession with data destroying academia. China's plans to launch a robot into space. Diversity as a condition for innovation and all about Russia in this week's On the Agenda.

Take 1 –Education

Big is beautiful for merging universities https://t.co/VHsYDxMTvu

— BBC Education (@bbceducation) November 25, 2015

Student loans: Osborne’s ‘disgraceful’ overhaul ‘betrays a generation’ https://t.co/8XQWdDGhVA

— The Guardian (@guardian) November 26, 2015

What happens when students create their own curriculum? https://t.co/ibcEi9DJM9 pic.twitter.com/znTibT5SpK

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) November 27, 2015

It’s Academics Anonymous day! This week: is our obsession with data destroying academia? https://t.co/xg94HLqn4Y #highered

— Higher Education (@GdnHigherEd) November 27, 2015

Take 2 –Research

China plans to launch first robot into space by 2020 https://t.co/xh5NSkcAIR pic.twitter.com/nkf27DMfK2

— SCMP News (@SCMP_News) November 24, 2015

This futuristic floating city will produce zero waste and house 7,000 residents https://t.co/t05bVETGle pic.twitter.com/MvuRKl2DrJ

— Business Insider (@businessinsider) November 26, 2015

Want more innovation? Get more diversity: https://t.co/lkO1N4VaO6 pic.twitter.com/Bhe1mRvRGN

— Chronicle (@chronicle) November 26, 2015

new publication from the World Bank: Sub-Saharan African Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Research https://t.co/a3D19Zt5gO

— World Bank EduTech (@WBedutech) November 25, 2015

Take 3 –Russia

How’s the alliance to destroy ISIS shaping up? Look no further than the downed Russian jet, Dexter Filkins writes: https://t.co/SRheSZz53q

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 25, 2015

[Opinion] Think twice before teaming up with Putin in Syria – https://t.co/H0k0PM5y2N

— EUobserver (@euobs) November 27, 2015

Andrew Moravcsik of Princeton University says focusing on deterring #Russia will not safeguard #Ukraine’s future. https://t.co/RrJioGNQ8k

— The Globalist (@theglobalist) November 25, 2015

Russian defense industry hits speed bumps https://t.co/mazneu4jfi pic.twitter.com/zNgrcK27nm

— Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) November 27, 2015

…and this week on ScienceGuideEU

President Putin is not satisfied with the dynamics of reform in Russian science https://t.co/5T0QqvVfBl

— ScienceGuideEU (@ScienceGuideEU) November 26, 2015